Vocab Test 1

incapable of being counted 

innumerable flags of all colors

S:many, numberless

A: few, limited

large and heavy looking 

a massive rampart of stone

S: big, colossal, great

A: common, dwarfed, small

unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:

'to be loath to admit a mistake.'

S: afraid, hesitant, disinclined

A: eager, ready, willing

Full of Fear, characterized by or indicating fear

The noise made them timorous

S: apprehensive, faint, hesitant

A: bold, brazen, forthcoming

the act of lying 

Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.

S: dishonesty, falsehood, lie

A: honesty, truth

rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:

stringent laws.

S: binding, demanding, stiff

A: amenable, calm, easy

a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.

to pay reverence

S: admiration, adoration, awe

A: dishonor, disrespect, hate

readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident

a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.

S: apparent, certain, conspicuous

A: ambiguous, concealed, doubtful 

lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary. 

Two legged walking in a chimp is an occasional, transitory behavior.

S: momentary, transient, impermanent

A: Lasting, Permanent, lengthy

done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive:

stealthy footsteps.

S: Crafty, catlike, cunning

A: open. public

pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.

Its raw honesty, its dedication to marking life as it happens and remembering life as it was, makes it a terrestrial log.

S: earthbound, global, mundane

A: cosmic, heavenly, otherworldly

the state, condition, or quality of being predominant :

the predominance of the rich over the poor.

S: preponderance, command, control

A: weakness, surrender, yielding

of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color:

His wan face suddenly flushed.

S: blanched, bleached, dim 

A: Brushing, bright, clear

having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

He was amazed at what people talked about and what they didn't, how clean their fingernails were, how pristine their routines.

S: spotless, sterile, untouched

A: affected, dirty

anything that heals, soothes, or mitigates pain:

the balm of friendship in troubled times.

• S: lotion, potion, ointment
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• A: exacerbation, misery

vigorous in demands or complaints.

They are a big reason people forsake the city's clamorous pleasures.

S: uproarious, importunate, loud

A: quiet

to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase:

His salary is augmented by a small inheritance. 

S: add, boost, build up

A: abridge, compress, condense

anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign:

Frost is a harbinger of winter.

S: omen, signal, sign

A: (none found) 

passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.

Ultimately, the film is as flat as the discursive fiction on which it is based.

S: digressive, erratic, long winded

ridicule; mockery:

The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.

S: Contempt, disdain, laughter

A: admiration, approval, flattery

to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.

to transgress the will of God.

S: infringe, trespass, violate

A: Behave, obey

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily(usually followed by at or about):

He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.

S: carp, criticize, find fault

A: N/A

to show pity

He was a compassionate being 

S: humane, merciful, charitable

A: cold, cruel, inhumane

insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoardwealth.

Usually, politics is about the avarice of one person or group in conflict .

S: greediness, stinginess, penny-pinching

A: generosity, philanthropy  

to examine or analyze:

to assay a situation; to assay an event.

S: estimation, inspection, examination

A: ignorance, neglect

ancient or venerable:

hoary myths

S: antique, time-worn, age-old

A: new

to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation:

Wealth habituated him to luxury.

S: accustomed, confirmed, lasting 

A: indefinite, fleeting, transient

pharmacy/ drugstore (especially in England/ London) 

You find yourself in a turn-of-the-last-century town with a trolley and anapothecary and a barber shop.

S: drugist, dispenser, gallipot

A: N/A

willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper oradequate evidence; gullible.

a credulous rumor.

S: gullible, believing, born-yesterday

A: suspecting, untrusting, suspicious 

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident:

a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.

S: cheerful, confident, buoyant 

A: depressed, down, gloomy

a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.

It is speculated that the point was broken during use then returned to camp where it was removed from the haft and discarded.

S: tail, base, bottom 

A: top

to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commit mentor in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge:

When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.

S: escape, dodge, lie

A: to be honest, truth, encounter

the quality of being ancient; ancientness:

a bowl of great antiquity.

S: antic, relic, ruin

A: modernity, now, new

full of pores, permeable by water

Don't even try to close the holes in a country, and a society, designed to be porous.

S: absorptive, penetrable, permeable

A: impermeable 

"Norwegian drink" and " hall to drink mead" The Great Hall 

generous bestowal of gifts.

Knight's largesse fits with the university's mission.

S: donation, endowment, fund

A: hindrance, hurt, injury

cowardly or craven. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.

There was many a chase after recreant bats and veils yesterday.

S: cowering, disloyal, timid

A: Bold, brave, honest 

the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.

The way the eyes are lit and something about the shape of the mask give an impression of unconcerned malevolence.

S: evil, hatred, indignity

A: kindness, love, like

to talk excessively and pointlessly, babble 

They prated on until I was ready to scream

S: boast, brag, chat

A: modest, deprecate, quiet